This is why are still treating this as a trial period for FTB. Both players and the admin team have to work out what works and doesn't work about it as it is more complicated than any of our other servers have ever been. We are having to respond and adapt as we go.

Oh, and Daedelus, thanks for that tip. I didn't know I could use diamond pipes to handle overflows so easily!!! It's certainly possible that was a contributing factor as I just checked and I filled 12 double chests with cobble. So, if they all started overflowing from my new larger quarry, with the extra water..... Anyway, my whole system is now undergoing a redesign and in the immediate interim, void pipes are installed and water is only being used as I uncover lava.

You can also use gates on the pipes which will output redstone if the chest is full which can be used to turn off your quarry.

I think that would be the best.
I also suspect the overflow would have contributed, and one issue was that time seemed to stand still on the server and thus I think the 5 minute timeout for blocks on the ground was also slowed down.

I'm voiding all my cobble at this point, I have way to much of it and I'm not planning on building with it.
However once we get our Matter Fabricator I think we can recycle it all instead.

OK I have placed a silver box next to the alchemy table at spawn (you'll see the sign). In it I have deposited my contribution of 1 Diamond block and 1 Gold block. Go ahead and donate to this project if you wish. We will even accept stacks of coal!!

I'm away in Melbourne for work until next Wednesday so someone else might have to craft the Link Modifier if we have the mats before then.

Anyone object to keeping the link modifier in spawn? Sor would this be an ok addition to the community resources at spawn?